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Appendix A: Frequently Asked Questions
Q.
What’s the speed of Powerline operate over a standard home power line
network?
A. Powerline operates up to 85 Mbps bandwidth over a standard home
power line network.
Q.
What’s the Estimated Range of Powerline?
A. Approximately 300 meters in wall power lines (one household).
Q.
Will Powerline work in any home?
A. Any home with copper wiring built-in, since some of the older houses built
before 1950 might have older wiring, it may not work in these instances..
Q.
Will Powerline signal pass through circuit breakers?
A. Yes, Powerline signal will have no problem passing through circuit
breakers but not through power transformers.
Q.
Does Powerline work with AC input 100 – 240V?
A. Yes, Powerline works with AC input 100 – 240V.
Q.
Does Powerline cause any interference with other my other home
networking device?
A. No, Powerline operates in a different frequency band than other power
line control devices and can co-exist with technologies as X-10, CEBus,
and LONworks.
Q.
Can my neighbor receive my Powerline signal?
A. It is possible for your neighbor receive your Powerline signal between two
adjacent homes. To prevent this happen, please enable the 56-bit DES
security encryption on your Powerline Device. To do that, you must run
the Powerline Configuration Utility on each Powerline device in your power
line network. This will only allow computers with the same security
password to be able to receive information.
